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A DEAL has been struck which will allow British citizens in Spain and Spanish citizens in Britain to vote and stand in local elections after Brexit, Spain’s Foreign Minister said. Josep Borrell said the pact covers the 240,000 British citizens registered as residents in Spain and the roughly 150,000 Spanish people in Britain. Spanish government sources have also confirmed diplomats from Madrid and London are in the process of closing off the deal. -- Advertisement -- Borrell said: “Bilateral agreements between Spain and Britain will guarantee that Spaniards who are living there and Britons here will maintain will their rights, even the right to vote in municipal elections.” The deal aims to maintain current EU arrangements covering voting. It is similar to agreements Spain has with Norway, New Zealand and some Latin American countries. British ambassador Simon Manley was set to formally announce the deal this week. It comes as Borrell said Madrid was making plans … [Read more...] about POST-BREXIT: Spain reaches deal with Britain on expat voting rights

MADRID and London have opened negotiations to form a bilateral agreement to preserve voting rights for the 280,000 British nationals living in Spain. Voting rights will also be safeguarded for more than 115,000 Spaniards living in Britain, according to diplomatic sources. When Brexit is triggered on March 30, 2019, Britain will leave the European Union and British migrants in Spain will automatically lose their right to participate in municipal elections. -- Advertisement -- UK nationals will no longer be considered EU citizens after Brexit is made official and Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal would do little to guarantee British expats voting rights in Spain. Should Britain’s Parliament back Theresa May’s deal, UK citizens in Spain will maintain the majority of their rights until December 2020 while the transition is taking place. However, voting rights will not be extended to British Expats in this time of transition for municipal and … [Read more...] about EXPAT VOTING RIGHTS: Spain and Britain in talks to ensure British migrants can still vote after Brexit

SPAIN and the UK have revealed plans to push through a bilateral treaty that will uphold local voting rights for their British and Spanish expats. Currently, the 280,000 Brits officially living in Spain and the 115,000 Spaniards residing in the UK will lose their right to vote in municipal elections when Britain leaves the EU on March 29, 2019. Regardless of whether UK Prime Minister Theresa May gets her Brexit deal through parliament, British people living in Spain will no longer be EU citizens, meaning they cannot vote in elections. Once the new treaty is signed, just like any international treaty, it will have to be ratified by Spain and the UK’s parliaments. This, diplomatic sources said, would probably not happen in time for the May 26 elections next year. Therefore the Spanish Foreign Ministry is floating the idea of making the agreement come into force provisionally as soon as it is signed. Spain has more British expats than any other EU country with 280,000 … [Read more...] about Spain and UK to push through reciprocal deal for expat voting rights before Brexit

Thirteen expat Brits who tried to challenge Brexit because they were not able to vote in the EU referendum have had a court appeal rejected. EU judges have dismissed a case brought by the group, which included a Second World War veteran. Harry Shindler, a 97-year-old living in Italy, was among the 13 expats who complained that Brexit would deprive them of EU citizenship. But on Monday, the EU’s General Court dismissed the action as inadmissible. It said the EU Council's decision to accept notification of Britain’s withdrawal did not in itself carry any definite consequences for their rights. Julien Fouchet, a French lawyer acting for the group, said he would appeal to the Court of Justice, the EU's top court. "Unacceptable," he tweeted. "The fight goes on." Mr Shindler had demanded that all expats be given a vote in the referendum to London's High Court. Judges there ruled two months before the 2016 referendum that this would be too … [Read more...] about British expats lose Brexit court challenge as EU judges reject appeal

Wales politics 16 October 2018 Share this with Facebook Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share this with Email Share this with Facebook Share this with WhatsApp Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share Share this with These are external links and will open in a new window Email Share this with Email Facebook Share this with Facebook Messenger Share this with Messenger Messenger Share this with Messenger Twitter Share this with Twitter Pinterest Share this with Pinterest WhatsApp Share this with WhatsApp LinkedIn Share this with LinkedIn Copy this link https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-45883482 Read more about sharing. These are external links and will open in a new window Close share panel A Welsh MP's bill to give British all expats the right to vote in UK Parliamentary elections for life has moved a step closer … [Read more...] about Expat ‘votes for life’ plan moves closer